Editor’s note: This summer the Cleveland Indians are hosting their sixth major league all-star game, which is the most by any franchise. This series will take a look at the previous contests in 1935, 1954, 1963, 1981 and 1997. Cleveland celebrated the 30th anniversary of the All-Star Game without an Indians player taking part in […]
Category: History
The world of professional sports has its share of strange, but true stories. Dual sport athletes have been around for a long time, but sometimes there are surprises. Bud Grant played two seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles back in 1951 and 1952 in a rather nondescript career in the National Football League. After a season […]
World War II interrupted many baseball careers. Les Mueller, who would 100 years old today, was one of those players that pitched in the big leagues before and after the war. Mueller’s professional career began in 1939 at the age of 20 in the Detroit Tigers organization. He would go 9-10 with two teams. In […]
Over the years, I’ve purchased baseball cards simply because they are old. One of these cards in my collection is a 1940 Play Ball of Buddy Hassett, which I found in a Cooperstown card shop during the Baseball Hall of Fame induction weekend of 2000. John Aloysius Hassett was born in New York City on […]
Don Gullett tossed a complete game as he won his third contest to lead the 1975 team to the title in the Stat-O-Matic Reds Tournament presented by Press Room Pass. The No. 1 seed in the tourney, the 1975 squad won 3-1 to finish as the champs over the No. 3 seed. Gullett allowed seven […]
The Stat-O-Matic Reds Tournament presented by Press Room Pass is down to one game in the championship series after the top seeded 1975 team and No 3 seed 1940 squad split the first two contests. The 1975 team won the opener 3-1 before the 1940 group bounced back to post an 8-6 victory to set […]
The 1940 team has won four games in a row as they have reached the finals of the Stat-O-Matic Reds Tournament presented by Press Room Pass. With a 2-1 win over the 1990 squad in the opener, the 1940 team completed it second straight series sweep with a 5-3 victory. Jimmy Ripple and Billy Myers […]
The 1975 Reds swept their second straight series to advance to the finals of the Stat-O-Matic Reds Tournament presented by Press Room Pass. Allowing just a run in each contest, 1975 posted a 2-1 win over 1970 followed by a 6-1 decision in the clincher. In the opener, Fred Norman and Rawly Eastwick combined for […]
The 1990 Reds had a close call as they had to win the last two contests of their opening round series to advance in the Stat-O-Matic Reds Tournament presented by Press Room Pass. After falling 9-8 to 2010 in the first game, the 1990 team posted victories of 3-2 and 4-3. In the finale, Tom […]
Pitching was the name of the game for the 1940 team as they swept the series from 1981 in two games and didn’t allow a run. Paul Derringer tossed a five-hitter in the second contest to guarantee advancement to the semifinal round of the Stat-O-Matic Reds Tournament presented by Press Room Pass. Frank McCormick provided […]